Not sure, but are you running extension cord that goes to the four prong box on a 120v outlet on the generator instead of the 240 outlet. It has to be in the 240 outlet on the generator, even if you are not running any double poles on the transfer switch you still need both sides of the power coming from the genrator otherwise you are massively overloading it.
4000 watt generator only puts out 2000 watts through the 120v outlets.
Unless I am mistaken, 120/240 does not mean you can supply with a 120 volt power source.
4000 watt generator only puts out 2000 watts through the 120v outlets.
Unless I am mistaken, 120/240 does not mean you can supply with a 120 volt power source.